Ranworth - the only time we managed to get moored was on a bank holiday Monday. I wandered off to the shop for milk whilst they filled up with water. When I got back they announced we needed to go and get a pump out. So then it was where is open, who were we near to etc. One day I will make it to Ranworth church - although I'm not sure I'd make it to the top! Horning - never managed to moor there, or Irstead. This year we are finally heading south - we're away for 11 nights so have plenty of time although a little daunted by the crossing having never done it before.
Sounds like you had a great time - not jealous ..... Much!! I like Swan Renown but like the others in the Swancraft range it's like goldust.
It definitely wasn't. We only had it for a weekend, two children, one still in a high chair and then broke down on the last afternoon. Hubby had to flag down someone in a passing rowing boat to take him back to Horning to get help!
Thank you. Have managed to find what looks like the colour on Crystal Stream 8.
Yes it's looking like the Crystal Stream is the one, even though the name doesn't ring any bells. Are you able to post a photo?
Looking to pick your brains if I can 🤔 Does anyone know what boats Southgates yard hired out in 1990/91. The one I'm looking for was already well past its best by then, blue in colour and a four berth. Think we hired it through Hoseasons. Any ideas?
At least you still have your sense of humour!
Ouch! Wishing you a speedy recovery, hope you haven't done too much damage.
Jack Fellows And The Missing Boatyard!
Just bought the first one ?
She's definitely in the wars!
Hope Jenny's leg is ok!
A Weed is a flower in the wrong place by Ian Emberson A weed is a flower in the wrong place, a flower is a weed in the right place, if you were a weed in the right place you would be a flower; but seeing as you're a weed in the wrong place you're only a weed – its high time someone pulled you out.
I bet you're relieved! Nothing worse than having a tune in your head that you can't identify. I love Shazam!
Can Anyone Recommend A Good B&b?
Evening everyone Can anyone recommend a decent B&B in the Broads area? Looking to travel down on the Sunday before we pick up our hire boat the following day.
Can't seem to find the trailer anywhere to be able to Shazam it!
Didn't realise the Pyewipe was still there! Gosh that brings back some memories!
Kron replied to Jono's topic in New Members Say Hi !
Very envious of your pending anniversary trip! Trying to plan a big one for us next year as I have a 'big' birthday and it's our silver anniversary the following year. We also hired a Connoisseur with my in-laws in 1992. Also loved the boat and the amount of space there seemed to be.


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Q: Is there a way to fetch the first entry of a table in database using SQL query? I have a database table which stores names of people, i want to fetch the first entry of my database table. Is it possible using SQL query?

A: Use the following:
SELECT * FROM names LIMIT 1

And if you want the first sorted entry, then use the following:
SELECT n.* FROM names n ORDER BY n.last_name ASC, n.first_name ASC LIMIT 1

A: you can use
select first(column_name) from table_name order by primary_id
first().is an aggregate function available for mssql
you can also go for 'top' in mssql

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Q: Python - OpenCV - Circle detection with HoughCircles img = cv2.imread('/home/user/Documents/pycharm-workspace/ImageProcessing/SDC10004.JPG', 1)
img = cv2.medianBlur(img, 5)
cimg = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)

circles = cv2.HoughCircles(img, cv2.cv.CV_HOUGH_GRADIENT, 1, 20,param1=50,param2=30,minRadius=0,maxRadius=0)
circles = np.uint16(np.around(circles))
for i in circles[0, :]:
    # draw the outer circle
    cv2.circle(cimg, (i[0], i[1]), i[2], (0, 255, 0), 2)
    # draw the center of the circle
    cv2.circle(cimg, (i[0], i[1]), 2, (0, 0, 255), 3)

cv2.imwrite('circles_detected.JPG', cimg)

I am trying to detect circles in my image with the HoughCircles function from opencv.
This is the error message i get:
cimg = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
cv2.error: /build/buildd/opencv-2.4.8+dfsg1/modules/imgproc/src/color.cpp:3789: error: (-215) scn == 1 && (dcn == 3 || dcn == 4) in function cvtColor

I also tried to load the grayscale image like this and leave the cvtColor function off
img = cv2.imread('/home/user/Documents/pycharm-workspace/ImageProcessing/SDC10004.JPG', 0)

However the program just takes forever to run. I have waited more than 10 minutes and nothing has happened.
Can someone help me please?

A: For your first error, you are opening your image in color mode with
img = cv2.imread('/home/user/Documents/pycharm-workspace/ImageProcessing/SDC10004.JPG', 1) #1 means color

and then trying to convert it treating it as a grayscale image with
cimg = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR) #GRAY2BGR means gray to BGR.
#You don't have a grayscale image to begin with.

For your second problem, Hough transform is a long process. I tried your code with a 200 * 200 image and it was instantaneous. Try smaller images first to see if it works.


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Yahoo, AOL, and Oath's new massive email privacy policy changes you need to know about
By Francis Navarro, Komando.com
Verizon's media division Oath, which now owns both AOL and Yahoo, has merged the privacy policies of the two widely used online services and email providers around. And you know what this means – the updated terms will bring changes on how the company can utilize customer data and what it's allowed to do with it.
If you can recall, Verizon bought Yahoo in 2016 (amidst news of its massive data breach) and AOL in 2015. Under the Oath umbrella, expect that the two services will be sharing data with its mother company Verizon, as well.
In the shadow of the recent Cambridge Analytica and Facebook data fiasco, it's as critical as ever to read and scrutinize the fine print of any service before you agree to its privacy policy.
Read on and we'll break down what Oath, AOL and Yahoo's new privacy policies can actually mean for you. You probably won't like what you're about to hear.
The right to read everything
If you recently checked your Yahoo email, you've most likely received this email announcing the updates to Yahoo and AOL's privacy policies. It explains briefly the merger of Yahoo and AOL to form Oath and how it's unifying the terms of service of sites and services under the Oath umbrella.
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But more importantly, the updated privacy policy reveals that Oath will have the permission to "analyze content and information when you use its services (including emails, instant messages, posts, photos, attachment and other communications.)"
Before you click "I Accept," there are a few things you need to know about.
In a nutshell, this means that all the sites and services owned by Oath will now have the right to read and scan your emails, private messages, SMS, videos and photos and use the data for marketing and targeted advertising purposes.
Keep in mind that Yahoo's privacy policy already states that it already analyzes and stores all communication data, including emails, AOL's old privacy policy hasn't disclosed anything of that sort, so this is something new.
Although Oath's data analysis FAQ says that its automatic scanning process can "automatically remove any information that could reasonably identify the recipient" before its human employees can manually review the data to improve its services, there's no clear-cut indication on how this process is performed.
All your photo and video data belong to us
The new privacy policy also explicitly states that Oath collects your photos and videos identifying "EXIF" data.
Translation? Well, aside from snooping on your photos and videos, Oath has the right to collect their location, date and time data, camera settings used and even scan them for image and facial recognition.
You can turn off your camera's EXIF and metadata features, of course, but this won't stop Oath from scanning and analyzing your photo and video content.
Your banking emails are fair game
But perhaps the most disturbing part of the new privacy policy is this – "Oath may analyze user content around certain interactions with financial institutions." This means they can scan email content and communications from your bank and credit card company, for example, and use the data for their purposes.
Oath says that this enables the company to build features that interact with such institutions but lo and behold, it also allows them to send targeted ads via the data mined from these emails. Who knows what else will they do with your banking data?
Want to sue Oath for privacy violations? Well, good luck with that
Another interesting section is a mutual arbitration clause that waives your right to a class action lawsuit. This is a big change for Yahoo customers in particular since these waivers were not part of its old privacy policy.
So if you have issues with how the company is using your data and you have concerns about your privacy, this clause indicates that it will be difficult to sue them. You agreed with its new privacy terms in the first place, right?
Should you stop using Yahoo and AOL email?
Based on these changes, you'll have to be careful about what you send through these services if you care about your privacy. With the amount of data they're storing and scanning, you may be just one data breach away from a complete disaster. (Yahoo customers should know.)
While there's a way to opt out of Oath's targeted ads via its privacy controls, this affords no protection against the company's data collection practices at all. Note that Oath also owns other services, like social media site Tumblr, and the new privacy policies also apply to them.
What are your options for email then? Well, Gmail stopped scanning its emails for targeted advertising last year but you can also try less Big Brother-type services like ProtonMail.
To read more about Oath's data practices, click here to visit its privacy center.
In related news, new clever website simplifies privacy policies
Do you know anyone who even reads privacy policies? Amidst all the privacy concerns swirling, maybe everyone should. This clever new website can help. With the help of machine learning and AI, it can simplify any privacy policy into a form that anyone can understand – a graph. Click here to read more about it.
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Q: Regex for match parentheses in Python I have a list of fasta sequences, each of which look like this:
>>> sequence_list[0]
'gi|13195623|ref|NM_024197.1| Mus musculus NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) 1 alp
ha subcomplex 10 (Ndufa10), mRNAGCCGGCGCAGACGGCGAAGTCATGGCCTTGAGGTTGCTGAGACTCGTC
CCGGCGTCGGCTCCCGCGCGCGGCCTCGCGGCCGGAGCCCAGCGCGTGGG (etc)

I'd like to be able to extract the gene names from each of the fasta entries in my list, but I'm having difficulty finding the right regular expression.  I thought this one would work: "^/(.+/),$".  Start with a parentheses, then any number of any character, then end with a parentheses followed by a comma.  Unfortunately: this returns None:
test = re.search(r"^/(.+/),$", sequence_list[0])
print(test)

Can someone point out the error in this regex?

A: you need to escape parenthesis:
>>> re.findall(r'\([^)]*\),', txt)
['(Ndufa10),']

A: Without any capturing groups,
>>> import re
>>> str = """
... gi|13195623|ref|NM_024197.1| Mus musculus NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) 1 alp
... ha subcomplex 10 (Ndufa10), mRNAGCCGGCGCAGACGGCGAAGTCATGGCCTTGAGGTTGCTGAGACTCGTC
... CCGGCGTCGGCTCCCGCGCGCGGCCTCGCGGCCGGAGCCCAGCGCGTGGG (etc)"""
>>> m = re.findall(r'(?<=\().*?(?=\),)', str)
>>> m
['Ndufa10']

It matches only the words which are inside the parenthesis only when the closing bracket is followed by a comma.
DEMO
Explanation:

*

*(?<=\() In regex (?<=pattern) is called a lookbehind. It actually looks after a string which matches the pattern inside lookbehind . In our case the pattern inside the lookbehind is \( means a literal (.

*.*?(?=\),) It matches any character zero or more times. ? after the * makes the match reluctant. So it does an shortest match. And the characters in which the regex engine is going to match must be followed by  ),

A:
Can someone point out the error in this regex? r"^/(.+/),$"

*

*regex escape character is \ not / (do not confuse with python escape character which is also \, but is not needed when using raw strings)
=> r"^\(.+\),$"

*^ and $ match start/end of the input string, not what you want to output
=> r"\(.+\),"

*you need to match "any" characters up to 1st occurence of ), not to the last one, so you need lazy operator +?
=> r"\(.+?\),"

*in case gene names could not contain ) character, you can use a faster regex that avoids backtracking
=> r"\([^)]+\),"


Wales Dragonhearts are the representative side of the Welsh Conference. All players who play in the Conference leagues in both north and south Wales are eligable for selection.
The Dragonhearts used to enter the Conference Four Nations tournament and were the most successful side in the history of this competition. They played annually against their England, Scotland and Ireland counterparts from 2002-2013.
Now the Dragonhearts play representative matches against England, the Celtic Nations and touring sides.
The side began life as the Wales A in 1991 when they played their first game beating the touring Russian club side, Moscow Spartak at Swansea's St Helens ground in 1991 played before the first team beat Papua New Guinea 68-0.
Their first ever international was in May 1994 when they were so close to beating England, but went down 14-10 at the Morfa Stadium in Swansea. This game may not have sent shockwaves around the country and did not receive the publicity that recent "A" internationals have done, but did produce a new star. Jason Lee was promptly signed by Warrington and ended up playing seven times for the full Welsh national side, scoring four tries in the process.
Lee was just the first of many players from the Wales "A" or "Dragonhearts" side to turn professional. From 2002-2010, Wales fielded 130 players with 27 of them eventually playing professional rugby league. Future professionals Aled James, Gareth Honor, Richard Singleton and Pete Moore lined up in the first side that beat Scotland 40-22 in Glasgow alongside former Gateshead Thunder player Stuart Singleton.
Dean Scully, Darren Ryan, Richard Johnston, Neil Davies, Damien Hudd, Paul Morgan, Neil Dixon, Lloyd O'Connor, Karl Hocking, Marcus Sainsbury, Grant Epton, Carle Ellis, David James, Christiaan Roets, Tom Burnell, Lee Williams, Elliot Kear, Ashley Bateman, Steve Parry, Gil Dudson, Jamie Murphy, Shaun Owens were the other Dragonhearts players from that first decade who went on to play professional rugby league in some shape or form. Others have followed.
Plus the future Wales Rugby Union star Richard Hibbard played one game for the Dragonhearts, coming on as a substitute in the 28-18 win over England in 2003 in his native Aberavon, while a year later, Tom Brown, who went on to play with Cardiff Blues, took to the field in the 56-12 win over Ireland at the old Cardiff Athletics Stadium before winning his lone full international cap against Scotland in Glasgow a few months later.


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Cassandra Wilson
New Moon Daughter & Traveling Miles
Review By A. Colin Flood
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Since I mentioned Enjoy the Music.com should have a review of Cassandra Wilson several years ago, you have probably been waiting patiently for her review! Now, with temperatures in Florida so low that even New Yorkers are driving like molasses in January (which it is), and me huddled inside with a cup of green tea, now is the time to rectify that error.
A Mississippi native, Wilson has some of the finest pipes in the music industry today. I rank her right up there with other incredible songbirds like Amanda McBroom, Diana Krall, Patricia Barber, Allison Krauss, Linda Ronstadt, Delores O' Riordan and K.D. Lang for strength of delivery and purity. Her discs, while not in my reference stack, remain in heavy rotation in my player. Her voice is one of those translucent crystals by which to judge superior home movie and music reproduction systems.
Of the outstanding female vocal giants, Wilson is closest to the torchy Billie Holliday, Joan Armatrading and Tracy Chapman in tone and sincerity, but blended with some Sarah Vaughan and Carmen McCrae. Among young jazz singers with a mellow, flexible, dark-toned contralto voice that can harden to an edge on rock material, Wilson stretches, bends pitch, elongates syllables, and manipulates her tone and timbre from dusky to hollow. Even with her golden dreadlocks, she neither resembles nor sounds as light or as airy as Mariah Carey or Toni Braxton. She is powerful, yes, but she is not the technical virtuoso of Sarah Brightman. Picture instead Chapman or Nina Simone doing funky Patricia Barber material. (A duet or trio with any of the above would be wonderful to hear.)
Wilson has two decades of production, but I have heard only two of her discs, Traveling Miles and New Moon Daughter:
Point of View (1985)
Days Aweigh (1987)
Blue Skies (1988)
Jumpworld (1989)
She Who Weeps (1990)
Live (1991)
After the Beginning Again (1991)
Dance to the Drums Again (1992)
Blue Light 'Til Dawn (1993)
New Moon Daughter (1995)
Songbook (1996)
Rendezvous (with Jacky Terrasson) (1998)
Traveling Miles (1999)
Belly of the Sun (2002)
Sings Standards (2002)
Glamoured (2003)
Love Phases Dimensions: From the JMT Years (2004)
Thunderbird (2006)
Signing with Blue Note records in 1993 marked a crucial breakthrough to audiences for Wilson. Blue Note producer Craig Street's work with Norah Jones won her eight Grammy awards. With pop production techniques, he creates created a rich ambient environment around to magnify Wilson's remarkable voice. Street provides sonic depth with sparse, but incredibly vivid, arrangements using steel guitar, violin, accordion and percussion.
New Moon Daughter won the 1996 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance and remains one of her most popular albums. It courageously mixes soul, jazz, folk, blues and pop styles. Wilsonadopted songs as diverse as Robert Johnson's "Come On in My Kitchen," Joni Mitchell's "Black Crow," The Monkees' "Last Train to Clarksville," and Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry."
With its pared-down, sometimes spooky arrangements, the disc does not sound like a traditional jazz outing, nor does it suggest a dance-floor agenda. Instead, the sound is spare and low-tech. Acoustic guitar and percussion, with occasional dabs of cornet or pedal steel - calculated to spotlight Wilson's sensuous, swooping delivery - dominate the simple arrangements. New Moon Daughter opts for a raw, unvarnished sound, going so far as to record in a barn in upstate New York.
The singer and her producer range far a-field in search of unorthodox material. "Strange Fruit," a darkly compelling rendition of one of the most poignant poems ever written, weighs heavy on the album.
Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Here, Holiday's gruesome song about Negro lynching finds chilling sorrow with Wilson's evocative delivery. The 1939 classic strikes a discordant note on the first listen and stops the disc's otherwise charming rhythm on successive spins.
On the album, Wilson pulls one from the U2 songbook with "Love Is Blindness." She covers "Harvest Moon," in time for a revival of Neil Young's career. A fiddle juices Wilson's version of Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" along.
Williams' tunes have not gone too far away. Yet Wilson's charming cover of the Monkees' long forgotten "Last Train to Clarksville" should have revived the tune, if not the group. The drummer snaps out the beat, contending with a wicked undertow of electric guitar. Wilson scats briefly on the refrain, reminding us of her jazz pedigree.
New Moon Daughter is not mainstream traditional jazz. It demonstrates that Wilson's kind of fusion has less to do with funk than with folk and back-porch blues. Her ethereal yet husky singing is as elegant as ever, full of subtle asides and half-utterances. It is subdued, due perhaps to the melancholy flavor of her material.
Miles Dewey Davis III was a trumpeter, bandleader and composer widely considered one of the most influential American jazz musicians of the 20th century. His music helped define generations of jazz. Therefore, Wilson's tribute to Davis, Traveling Miles, has more traditional, classic jazz sound than New Moon Daughter.
Wilson sneaks in a sad, slow rendition of one of Cyndi Lauper's two hits, "Time After Time," returning to her silky smooth roots, onto the disc. And her "Right Here, Right Now" is folk/pop like Armatrading or Chapman. Yet this simple set of tunes is more melancholy than the '96 Grammy-grabber.
On Traveling Miles, Wilson shares husky interpretations with Holiday control, but without the showy drama, Krall imbibes in her modern remakes of 40s and 50s classics. She is more subtle and subdued. More like Patricia Barber. So much like Barber in fact, that I quickly double-checked to make sure I was listening to Wilson, not Barber.
If you like the songbirds mentioned in the second and third paragraphs above, you will appreciate Cassandra Wilson's voice and should check her out. If you prefer your jazz more conventional, like a smoky Krall, then consider Traveling Miles. If the antics of Patricia Barber grab you, go for the unconventional New Moon Daughter.


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American Justice 2016
The Political Supreme Court
Lincoln Caplan
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"Lincoln Caplan has written a timely, thoughtful, and elegant book. At a moment in our nation's history when the Supreme Court stands at the epicenter of some of the most contentious issues of our time, Caplan brilliantly captures the challenges facing the institution. His succinct suggestions for addressing these challenges reflect his devotion to the constitutional principles that have long made ours a great nation. Every citizen should read this book."—Margaret H. Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, Massachusetts, 1999-2010
"Lincoln Caplan proves once again why he is one of our most indispensable observers of the Supreme Court. In American Justice 2016, he helps us make sense of one of the most peculiar and pivotal Supreme Court terms in modern history—a term that began with nine justices on the bench, ended with eight, and was embroiled throughout in partisan politics. Caplan, as ever, brings insight and clarity to a complex picture."—Jeff Shesol, author of Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. The Supreme Court
"A timely, essential primer on Supreme Court questions both perennial and urgent. Lincoln Caplan nails this deadlocked moment, puts the question of politics and the Court in succinct historical context, draws wicked character sketches, and proposes specific reforms to bolster the Court's legitimacy."—William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of Barbarian Days and Cold New World
"Lincoln Caplan has an unmatched ability to communicate complicated legal concepts in lucid, engaging, even dazzling prose. Here he incisively analyzes some of today's most contentious constitutional questions, deftly excavating the historical underpinnings of the disputes and distilling how insights from legal academia have transformed our understanding of the modern judiciary. This work is a splendid achievement."—Justin Driver, University of Chicago Law School
"This is a lucid, readable and deeply thoughtful book that begins with the widespread recognition that the legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court has been increasingly threatened by the Court's politicization. Lincoln Caplan's willingness to explore not only how we got here, but what we should do, guarantees that this book will be the centerpiece of important discussions."—Scott Turow, New York Times-bestselling author
"In this masterful analysis of the Supreme Court's 2015 term, Lincoln Caplan persuasively argues that there is no good reason to deny that the Court is a deeply political institution—and that, with the right reforms, there is every reason to celebrate that fact."—Paul Glastris, Washington Monthly
When the Democrat-appointed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg criticized Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, she triggered concerns about judicial ethics. But the political concerns were even more serious. The Supreme Court is supposed to be what Alexander Hamilton called "the least dangerous" branch of government, because it is the least political. Justices have lifetime appointments to ensure their "complete independence" when deciding cases and controversies. But in the Roberts Court's most contested and important rulings, it has divided along partisan lines for the first time in American history: Republican presidents appointed the conservatives, Democrats appointed the liberals. Justice Ginsburg's criticisms suggested that partisan politics drive the Court's most profound disagreements. Well-respected political science supports that view.
Has this partisan turn made the Court less independent and less trustworthy than the nation requires? The term ending in 2016 included more decisions and developments in almost fifty years for analyzing this question. Among them were major cases about abortion rights, the death penalty, immigration, and other wedge issues, as well as the death of Justice Antonin G. Scalia, leaving the Court evenly divided between conservatives and liberals. Legal journalist Lincoln Caplan dissects the recent term, puts it in historical context, and recommends ways to strengthen trust in the Supreme Court as the pinnacle of the American constitutional system.
Lincoln Caplan is a Senior Research Scholar and the Truman Capote Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. He is author of The Tenth Justice: The Solicitor General and the Rule of Law; Skadden: Power, Money, and the Rise of a Legal Empire; Up Against the Law: Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court; and other books about legal affairs. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker website, a member of the editorial board of the American Scholar, and a contributing editor of Harvard Magazine. He wrote about the Supreme Court as a member of the editorial board of the New York Times.
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This program has access to thousands of commands through a few buttons.
First: Work in the Classic View to be compatible with class. If you lose a menu like the layers menu, go to any tool icon and right click. You will then have access to all of the menus available. Find the menu you want there, select it, and drag it to where you would like it to be.
Second: Read each command line at the bottom of the screen. Many of the commands have multiple options. For example, when you select the "Draw Circle Command icon" the default after selecting the center point is "radius (diameter)". This means you need to enter the radius. If you want to enter the diameter, type either "D" or "diameter" and then you can enter the diameter.
This has fooled many people, including me.
Third: At the bottom of the screen you can see several options: Snap, Grid, Polar and Object Snap are the main ones. If you need to turn on Object Snap you can do it in mid command. If you need to change the settings, right click and go to settings. In most cases just choose all. In some cases you will only select the one you want. Note there are times when you want to temporarily turn object snap off. Remember, you can do that mid command. Just don't forget to turn it back on when you need it.
Layers needed: Floor 1(make floor layers .18 mm line weight), Floor 2, 1-Dim (make dimension layers .09 mm line weight), 2-Dim, 1-Text, 2-Text, 1-Hatch, 2-Hatch (make hatch layers .05 mm line weight).
Limits: lower left 0,0; upper right 1200,900.
Modify Dimension: set units to architectural.
Select upper left icon with star to create a new layer.
Printing is called plotting. Auto Cad originally used colors to differentiate line weight. So if you try to just print without communicating the Auto Cad way, you will get a result very different from what you were hoping for.
Step 1: Go to Plot and Under Page Setup choose Add to get a fresh Setup configuration. Select a printer (M401) and close.
Step 2: Go to Page Setup Manager. Load in the Setup you just created and modify it. In the upper right corner for the Plot style table, select the pull down arrow and choose "monochrome.ctb" This will allow you to plot the line weights as they were setup in the layer manager when you started the project.
Then close Page Setup Manager.
Select Setup 1 or the named setup you just created.
If your name is there and it looks black and white (not colored) plot.
L- Tutorial: Draw objects on the Line layer and dimensions on the dimension layer. Dimension layer has .09 mm line weight. Title drawing with a text layer with .20 mm line weight. Plot using monochrome.ctb plot style. New commands are introduced progressively in the drawing sequence.
Start on Draw layer. Select the line tool from the draw menu or type L and pick a point. Move the mouse to the right and enter the distance of the line you want to draw (5 minus 1.5 is 3.5). Hit enter after entering the distance and the line will appear on the screen. Then move the mouse straight up and enter the distance (2.5-1.75 which is .75). Keep going until you finish the shape. Use the ESC key to get out of the line command.
Go to the dimension layer. Use the pull down dimension tab and use the first command which is linear to create the dimensions.
Start on the Draw Layer. I would make a line 7 units long horizontally, then offset the line 4.5 units. Then use polar settings to draw at 60 degrees to get the correct angles started and fillet the line segments with the fillet tool at 0 radius.
Create the squares and rotate them to 45 degrees after you have centered them in the larger polygon.
Dimensions require aligned and angular dimensions as per drawing.
Start on the Draw layer. Create a rectangle using the rectangle tool. Pick a point, then move the mouse up and to the right. Enter @7,4.5 and hit enter. This makes the basic rectangle 7 units wide and 4.5 units high.
Now use the explode tool, select the rectangle and hit enter to break the rectangle into 4 separate lines.
Now use the offset tool or type offset. Hit enter, then type the value 2, then Enter. Now select one vertical line and click toward the center. Then select the other original vertical line and click toward the center. Hit enter to stop the command. Hit enter again to restart the command. Enter the value 1, hit enter. Select the bottom horizontal line and offset toward the center. Select the top horizontal line and offset toward the center. Hit enter to stop the command. Hit enter to restart the command. Type in the value .5 and hit enter. Then select the center vertical and horizontal lines and offset toward the center. Hit enter to stop the command.
Now select the trim command and hit enter. This will cause any line you select to be trimmed by the intersecting lines on each side. Trim any line you want to trim. You may have to use erase on occasion to finish the drawing.
Then use the dimension layer and dimension tool to create the required dimensions.
This uses no new commands.
Start on the Draw layer. Create the 7x3.5 rectangle like you did in L-5. Then use the offset tool to create the inner rectangle.
Go to polar at the bottom of the screen. Make sure it is selected. Then right click and go to settings. Set the angle to 15 and click OK.
Make sure objects snaps are selected.
Use the draw command. Start at the midpoint of the vertical. Extend the mouse the the right and up until the line wants to extend at 45 degrees. Make the line and escape. Start the other lines using this technique. Once you have all four lines you fillet them together. Select fillet with a zero radius and select the two lines you want to join together. Hit enter to make fillet ready to select the remaining two lines.
Dimension. You will have to use Aligned and Angle to get the dimensions to work like in the original drawing.
This uses no new commands. Draw based on what the drawing tells you, not what you assume.
Triangles Drawing is based on using equilateral triangles. What do we know about equilateral triangles? (All sides are equal and all angles are equal). Also, if you are given a dimension for one space you can assume all spaces are the same. Also, go to the format tab and modify dimension units to display dimensions at two decimal places, not the default four decimal places. Hint: you can draw this with lines or polygon command.
Rings Drawing has a hidden ring that is shown here faintly in red. That red ring has a diameter of 5 and allows you to use nodes. The center line marks were created by formatting dimensions to show center lines that way.
Maze is a traditional challenge. The most frequent mistake is using the wrong diameter. Second most frequent mistake is setting up far too many trim lines. Hint: not all offsets are created equal. Proceed confidently but cautiously into the world of the maze.
This problem is optional. If you do it you can get bonus credit.
With the FACE drawing you will need to use the polyline command to make the curl. When you begin pline you are given options at the bottom of the page. One of the choices is "Width". You can control the starting width (in this case 0) and an ending width (in this case .5). You also have an "Arc" option. Play with that and soon you will be the polyline expert. Put the face in a frame. To do that you can begin with a rectangle or polygon. Then use pedit (polyline edit) to give the line a uniform width (like .25).
Face is the next required drawing.


>i just got back from five days down at the house. it was amazing. one of my favorite things was our evening routine. as part of ali's campaign of antagonism against the "weed trees", ogun built a bonfire over one of the clumps of stump and fed it with scraps from the day's construction. meanwhile, ali lit the stove inside the house and hung up the kerosene lamp. baki pranced back and forth between the wood pile and the fire, tossing bits in. i would get dinner ready. after dinner, when it was completely dark, we went out and looked at the stars. then, we sat around the table, baki doing his puzzle, and the rest of us just hanging out until we went to bed, which happened really early. last night i was fast asleep by 830. of course, we wake up early too.
during the day, everyone had their work to do, so we were all busy. it was a nice feeling, to be going through the chores, taking time to play with baki, and having time to cook. we have no water in the house yet, so the first time i did the dishes and the laundry i had to walk to the water source, but by the second day we had water three meters away from the house. the water pipe is down hill from us, so the water pressure just peters out about two meters below the level of our house. it is really frustrating in a sense, but hey — i was able to wash the dishes within sight of the house, which was a great improvement over a 10 minute walk away, some of it uphill. ali goes to the source to get our drinking water, but for washing we can use the pipe. in the afternoon, the water is warm, since the pipes are black and lying in full sun on the hillside, so there is the possibility of a little al fresco bathing, but that is something i will have to leave to the men to try, as i am on my way to ny tomorrow.
yes, for the first time ever ever ever, i have separated from baki. he is down at the house with ali and ogun. it is not something i like to think too much about.


Recent advances in several key areas such as video coding, wireless radio and silicon technologies have enabled pervasive and ubiquitous access to multimedia-rich mobile applications. As video standards evolve, more bits are being squeezed out while visual quality improves spectacularly. Meanwhile, datarate capacity of wireless links increases exponentially as wireless radio technology evolves from 2G to 4G. On the other hand, silicon technologies are empowering mobile devices with computing capability at exponential rate. However, large scale deployments often pose serious challenges to the resource allocation of the network and mobile devices. Insatiable demands for better visual (from HD to multiview/3D and to ultra HDTV) experience increases the size of video data. User-generated videos and their sharing put signi¯cant strains on the wireless networks. Coding and delivery of video often incur signi¯cant power cost to mobile devices and wireless networks. Energy-e±cient resource allocation and scheduling are thus essential for sustainability of large scale deployment of mobile multimedia applications. This thesis investigates the energy e±ciency perspective of resource allocation in video streaming over wireless networks. We consider three scenarios which are typical and common in the applications of wireless video streaming. We ¯rst investigate the best-e®ort video delivery to heterogeneous clients. For this scenario, we consider the wireless multicast of scalable video over wireless mesh networks. The video multicast is a best-e®ort service which is limited by channel access and energy constraints. We formulate the optimal multicast strategy to maximize the video quality of heterogeneous clients under limited resources constraints. We show that the optimal multicast strategy can be obtained e±ciently via a dynamic programming approach. To schedule the scalable video bitstreams for multicast, we propose a quality-impact index to rank the priorities of video frames. Next, we consider the reliable delivery of video frames over a wireless link. For this scenario, we consider energy minimal transmissions of a video frame with reliability and deadline constraints. In wireless video transmissions, encoded video frames are often large in data load and truncated into many transport packets for reliable transmissions. These transport packets need to be delivered before a deadline at a target reliability which depends on the importance of the video frame. We seek the optimal transmission strategy that minimizes the transmission energy under the reliability and deadline constraints of a group of transport packets. We investigate this problem for transmissions in the slow fading channel and the Rayleigh fading channel. In the slow fading channel, we propose a solution algorithm which can be solved e±ciently. In the Rayleigh fading channel, we derive probabilistic transmission policies which exploit the fading statistics to achieve the energy e±ciency gain. Finally, we further extend our focus to joint video coding and transmission. For this scenario, we consider the rate and power allocation framework of joint coding and transmission in wireless video chat applications. Unlike video streaming which is generally one way tra±c, video chat features distributed two way tra±c relayed via a base station. The base station imposes service charges on the clients for relaying their video bitstreams. For the wireless clients, we propose a complexity scalable video coding and its power-rate distortion (PRD) modeling. Based on the PRD model, we derive the optimal rate and power allocation scheme to minimize the video distortion and the network service charge under a power constraint. For the base station, we propose a power-aware hybrid pricing scheme that ensures balance between fairness and e±ciency in network utility, and that the base station operates a surplus budget. We show that the network dynamics can be analyzed in the Stackelberg game framework, and our proposed solutions converge to the Stackelberg equilibrium.


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Q: Django: get table engine from model I'm writing a unit test to make sure my legacy database tables are using InnoDB instead if MyISAM. Is there a way to get which engine a table is using through the model?

A: No, the model has no idea. You'll need to query the database directly:
>>> from django.db import connection
>>> cursor = connection.cursor()
>>> cursor.execute("SHOW TABLE STATUS WHERE name='appname_modelname'")
>>> print cursor.fetchone()

('appname_modelname',
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 u'Compact',
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 6779L,
 196608L,
 0L,
 49152L,
 10485760L,
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Gang leader from 2017 shooting gets 54 years
by Andrew Maciejewski - amaciejewski@h-ponline.com
HUNTINGTON — A Huntington gang leader was sentenced on Tuesday to serve 54 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of shooting a man in 2017.
In March, a jury found Steven P. Wheeler, 29, guilty of aggravated battery, possession of a handgun without a license, criminal organization activity and criminal recklessness. Wheeler was found not guilty of battery with a deadly weapon and a preliminary charge of voluntary manslaughter was dismissed in January.
Wheeler faces a total sentence of 54 years in prison with none suspended to be served on probation. His sentenced was lengthened by 36 years in habitual offender sentencing enhancements.
"Huntington County is more safe with Steven Wheeler behind bars for an extended period of time," Huntington Prosecuting Attorney Amy Richison said. "Detective Shane Blair and his fellow Huntington City Police Department (HPD) detectives conducted a thorough and impressive investigation in this case. Our community is blessed to have quality law enforcement officers who protect and serve us well."
On Sept. 26, 2017 around 4:45 a.m., police arrived at the 600 block of East Market Street near Second Street to find Richard Voght suffering from a gunshot wound to the clavicle.
Police say the shooting occurred during a planned fight between two members of an Indianapolis-based gang "2-1 Fatals," which reportedly had chapters in Andrews and Huntington. Voght's half brother, who was reportedly the head of the Andrews chapter, was supposed to fight another member of the gang in front of Wheeler, who was reportedly the head of the Huntington chapter, according to police reports.
Voght said an argument broke out after his half brother tried to back out of the fight upon learning the other fighter brought brass knuckles.
Voght, who later identified Wheeler as the shooter, told police he heard a "metal click" in the crowd before Wheeler shot off a round. Voght said he intervened shortly after the first shot went off.
"Voght stated that he swung one, maybe two times at Mr. Wheeler and does not know if he hit him or not," HPD Det. Shane Blair said in the probable cause affidavit. "And then the next thing he knew (Voght) heard a second gunshot and shortly thereafter realized that he had been struck."
Wheeler initialy denied being in Huntington that day but later confessed to firing at Voght "out of self defense."
Wheeler was not licensed to carry a firearm and has prior felony convictions for theft and possession of meth, which contributed to the sentencing enhancements.


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When I need to make a delicious, meatless meal, I never hesitate to turn to this Shrimp and Arugula Risotto recipe.
It turns out creamy and delicious each and every time, and it is surprisingly easy to make.
A bowl of Shrimp and Arugula Risotto.
The combination of sweet and succulent shrimp and peppery arugula mixed in with the risotto makes this dish one of the most requested from my family and friends.
When I first decided to try to make risotto, I became quickly confused when I was in the grocery store.
I searched up and down the aisles looking for risotto rice. I had eaten risotto a handful of times in restaurants and I knew that it was a rice product.
Arborio rice being toasted in the skillet prior to being made into Risotto.
What I didn't know was that risotto was an actual recipe, not a type of rice.
In fact, it is a traditional Italian rice dish made from a specific type of short-grained, starchy rice called Arborio rice.
The technique for making risotto involves stirring small amounts of hot stock or broth into the rice a little at a time.
This allows the liquid to slowly be absorbed and the starches to be released. This results is rice that turns to a rich and creamy texture.
The slow cooking process allows the rice to transition into creamy Risotto.
Historically, risotto is often made with butter, onion, white wine, and Parmesan cheese.
It is one of the most common ways to cook rice in Italy.
Although risotto is a fantastic side dish, I wanted to make it part of a one pot, main dish meal.
I was planning a luncheon which included guests who were pescetarians and those that were observing eating no meat on Fridays due to Lent.
Baby Arugula provides a nice and subtle pepper taste to this recipe.
So I knew that I would have to come up with a dish that would observe their dietary restrictions.
I thought about making Pan-Seared Sea Scallops or even Air Fryer Salmon.
But I wanted to make a one pot, complete meal. That is when I knew that my Shrimp and Arugula Risotto recipe was just the answer.
All of my guests were able to eat fish protein. And there is nothing better than balancing out the sweetness of the shrimp with a little arugula.
The arugula provides a slight peppery flavor to the dish. Combined with a little white wine and Parmesan cheese, and this dish is something to rave about.
The arugula will wilt down once folded into the hot risotto.
However, there is one last ingredient that makes this dish perfect.
The addition of both lemon zest and lemon juice not only adds another layer of flavor, but it also freshens up the taste of this recipe.
Adding in just a little bit of citric acid makes your taste buds awaken to appreciate the combination of flavors in Shrimp and Arugula Risotto.
Simply zest the lemon using a microplaner and juice the entire lemon to use in the recipe.
A microplaner makes zesting the lemon a breeze.
Stir it in along with the hot broth and when finished, you will have a complete, one pot meal that is absolutely fantastic!
Creamy risotto mixed with shrimp and peppery arugula and brightened up with lemon juice and zest for the perfectly balanced meal.
In a medium sauce pan add the chicken broth and bring to a light simmer over medium-low heat. Reduce heat to low.
In a large skillet over medium heat add 2 tablespoons of the extra virgin olive oil. Once hot, add the shrimp, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Cook until the shrimp are just opaque in the center. Remove from heat and transfer the shrimp and juices to a bowl. Set aside.
Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil to the pan. Add the shallots. Cook until tender, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
Add the rice to the skillet. Stir well for 2 minutes.
Add the wine to the rice. stirring often and cook until the wine is absorbed, approximately 2 minutes.
Add 1/2 cup of the warm chicken broth, lemon zest and juice, and the remaining 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Stir until most of the broth has been absorbed.
Add an additional 1/2 cup of chicken broth and stir until absorbed. Repeat until 3 cups of broth have been used and risotto is creamy. You should have ½ cup of broth remaining.
Stir in the arugula until it wilts.
Add the cooked shrimp and Parmesan cheese.
Stir in additional broth if needed until risotto is creamy.


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← NYC Events,"Only the Best" (02/10) + Today's Featured Pub (Greenwich Village)
NYC Events,"Only the Best" (02/12) + Today's Featured Pub (WestVillage) →
Today's Elite 8 NYC Events > MONDAY/ FEBRUARY 11, 2019
"We search the internet everyday looking for the very best of What's Happening, primarily on Manhattan's WestSide, so that you don't have to." We make it as easy as 1-2-3.
For future NYC Events, check the tab above: "February NYC Events"
It's the most comprehensive list of top events this month that you will find anywhere.
Carefully curated from "Only the Best" NYC event info on the the web, it's a simply superb resource that will help you plan your NYC visit all over town, all through the month.
To make your own after dinner plans TONIGHT, see the tab above; "LiveMusic."
Have time for only one NYC Event today? Do this:
Brussels Jazz Orchestra: We Have A Dream (Feb.11-12)
Dizzy's Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center / 7:30PM, 9:30PM, $20-$35
"Blessed with an alluring, piercing soprano—reminiscent of soul and gospel singer Denise Williams—Puoane delivers deft makeovers of socially conscious songs associated with Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Sting, Joni Mitchell, and others." – DownBeat
The world-renowned Brussels Jazz Orchestra brings a heartfelt new program to Dizzy's Club along with singer extraordinaire Tutu Puoane. Through a rich, genre-crossing re-examination of popular protest music, the show celebrates human rights as well as the strength and comfort that music provides in the face of adversity.
Bandleader Frank Vaganée and vocalist Tutu Puoane each selected their favorite protest songs from their own record collections, and the resulting repertoire is an eclectic assortment of pop, rock, soul, and jazz essentials with universal messages, all arranged anew for jazz orchestra. This powerful project has been touring Europe extensively, and these are the only dates currently scheduled for the United States, so catch this concert at Dizzy's Club while you have the chance!"
7 OTHER TOP NYC EVENTS TODAY (see below for full listing)
>> La Fille du Régiment
>> Shaw Songs! A Festive Cabaret Evening
>> The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
>> Jim Caruso's Cast Party
>> Managing an Exit: The End of the Merkel Era
>> Merce Cunningham: Life and Art
>> Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen and Susan Cheever
>> Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park
>> Magic After Hours
Music, Dance, Performing Arts
La Fille du Régiment (next Feb.15, 8PM)
Metropolitan Opera House / 7:30PM, $30+
"Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks—including the show-stopping tenor aria "Ah! Mes amis," with its nine high Cs. Alessandro Corbelli and Maurizio Muraro trade off as the comic Sergeant Sulpice, with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as the outlandish Marquise of Berkenfield. Enrique Mazzola conducts."
Shaw Songs! A Festive Cabaret Evening
The Players Club / 7PM, $40-$55
"Gingold Theatrical Group's beloved Project Shaw series departs from its usual mandate—staged readings of every play by George Bernard Shaw—for an evening of songs that the Bearded One might have enjoyed. Expect to hear Gilbert and Sullivan, Rodgers and Hart, Noel Coward and Cole Porter. Directed by David Staller and music directed by Henry Aronson, the show features Jim Brochu, Mara Davi, Cady Huffman, Howard McGillin, Jon Weber, Sally Wilfert, Karen Ziemba and violin virtuoso Aaron Weinstein." (TONY)
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Village Vanguard, 178 7th Ave. South (btw W11th/Perry St.) / 8:30Pm +10:30PM, $35
World class big band with 16 members on that small stage, a monday night institution.
"Almost exactly half a century ago, the trumpeter-composer-arranger Thad Jones and the drummer Mel Lewis began their Monday-night big band residency at the Village Vanguard, establishing what became a hallowed tradition." (NYT)
Jim Caruso's Cast Party (Cabaret)
Birdland, 315 West 44th St. (btw 8/9 ave) / 9:30PM, $30
the witty host attracts broadway stars on their night off, along with up and comers.
"Part cabaret, part piano bar and part social set, Cast Party offers a chance to hear rising and established talents step up to the microphone (backed by the slap and tickle of Steve Doyle on bass and Billy Stritch at the ivories, plus the bang of Daniel Glass on drums). The waggish Caruso presides as host." (TONY)
Smart Stuff / Other NYC EventS
Managing an Exit: The End of the Merkel Era
Deutsches Haus at NYU, 42 Washington Mews / 6PM, FREE
"As the end of the tenure of Angela Merkel, leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union for the last 18 years and de facto head of the E.U., comes closer (before Germany's next federal elections, due in 2021), a panel looks at her legacy and potential repercussions for her departure." (ThoughtGallery)
Merce Cunningham: Life and Art
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza / 6PM, FREE
"Alastair Macaulay, outgoing chief dance critic of The New York Times, returns to the Library to celebrate the centennial of one of America's most influential dance artists, Merce Cunningham. Marvel at Cunningham's innovation and expressive brilliance, as Macaulay, with signature insight and charm, unpacks a treasure trove of rarely seen Merce Cunningham performances from the Library's Dance Division."
Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen and Susan Cheever
The New York Society Library, 53 E. 79th St./ 6:30PM, $20
"Person Place Thing is an interview show based on this idea: people are particularly engaging when they speak not directly about themselves but about something they care about. Guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing that are important to them. The result? Surprising stories from great talkers. Learn more at personplacething.org.
In this live podcast recording, Person Place Thing host Randy Cohen chats with bestselling author and lifelong Library member Susan Cheever, with music by guitarist Tomas Rodriguez."
Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park
Midtown Manhattan's winter wonderland.
Bryant Park (btw 5th/6th Ave. @42nd St.) / shops to 8PM, rink to 10PM
Enjoy The Lodge by Urbanspace, and The Rink, the centerpiece of Winter Village and New York City's only free admission ice skating rink.
The Rink
This 17,000 square foot rink features free admission ice skating, high quality rental skates, and free skating shows, special events, and activities.
October 27, 2018 – March 3, 2019
Daily, 8am-10pm (Rink hours are weather permitting and Rink may be closed for events – check here)
Magic After Hours
Tannen's Magic, Midtown West (Until Dec 31 2019)
"Twice a week, after closing time, 20 people crowd into the city's oldest magic shop, Tannen's, for a cozy evening of prestidigitation by the young and engaging Noah Levine. The shelves are crammed with quirky devices; there's a file cabinet behind the counter, a mock elephant in the corner and bins of individual trick instructions in plastic covers, like comic books or sheet music. The charm of Levine's show is in how well it fits the environment of this magic-geek chamber of secrets. As he maneuvers cards, eggs, cups and balls with aplomb, he talks shop, larding his patter with tributes to routines like the Stencel Aces and the Vernon Boat Trick—heirlooms of his trade that he gently polishes and displays for our amazement." (TONY)
♦ Before making final plans, we suggest you call the venue to confirm ticket availability, plus dates and times, as schedules are subject to change.
♦ NYCity, with a population of 8.6 million, had a record 65 million visitors last year and was TripAdvisor's Traveler's Choice Top U.S. Destination for 2018 – awesome! BUT quality shows draw crowds. Try to reserve seats for these top NYC events in advance, even if just earlier on the day of performance.
Bonus NYC events– Jazz Clubs:
Many consider NYCity the Jazz capital of the world. My favorite Jazz Clubs, all on Manhattan's WestSide, feature top talent every night of the week.
Hit the Hot Link and check out who is playing tonight:
Greenwich Village:
(4 are underground, classic jazz joints. all 6 are within walking distance of each other):
Village Vanguard – UG, 178 7th Ave. So., villagevanguard.com, 212-255-4037 (1st 8:30)
Blue Note – 131 W3rd St. nr 6th ave. bluenotejazz.com, 212-475-8592 (1st set 8pm)
55 Bar – basement @55 Christopher St. nr 7th ave.S. 55bar.com, 212-929-9883 (1st 7pm)
Mezzrow – basement @ 163 W10th St. nr 7th Ave. mezzrow.com,646-476-4346 (1st 8)
Smalls – basement @ 183 W10th St. smallslive.com, 646-476-4346 (1st set 7:30pm)
The Stone at The New School – 55 w13 St. (btw 6/5 ave) – thestonenyc.com (8:30PM)
Outside Greenwich Village:
Dizzy's Club – Broadway @ 60th St. — jazz.org/dizzys / 212-258-9595 (1st set 7:30pm)
Birdland – 315 W44th St.(btw 8/9ave) — birdlandjazz.com / 212-581-3080 (1st 8:30pm)
Smoke Jazz Club – 2751 Broadway nr.106th St. — smokejazz.com/ 212-864-6662 (7pm)
Jazz Standard – 116 E27 St. (btw Park/Lex) – jazzstandard.com – (1st set 7:30)
For a comprehensive list of the best places to hear All Types of Live Music in Manhattan see the tab above "LiveMusic."
Special Mention:
Caffe Vivaldi – 32 Jones St. nr Bleecker St. — caffevivaldi.com / 212-691-7538 (1st 7pm)
a classic, old jazz club in the Village, Caffe V often surprised with a wonderfully eclectic lineup. It was my favorite spot for an evening of listening enjoyment and discovery.
Alas, Caffe V is no more, another victim of a rapacious NYC landlord. Owner Ishrat fought the good fight and Caffe V will be sorely missed.
Cornelia Street Cafe – UG, 29 Cornelia St. corneliastreetcafe.com, 212-989-9319
And more recently we have lost Cornelia Street Cafe. After 41 years, it too became another victim of an unreasonable rent increase.
NYCity Vacation Travel Guide Video (Expedia):
WHAT'S ON VIEW
These are My Fave Special Exhibitions @ MUSEUMS / Manhattan's Fifth Avenue
(See the New York Times Arts Section for listings of all museum exhibitions,
and also see the expanded reviews of these exhibitions)
Hilma af Klint : Paintings for the Future (thru 04/23/19)
"Convinced that the world was not ready for her artistry in 1906, particularly as an underrepresented female in her field, af Klint of Sweden kept her work private. Her paintings anticipated by years "breakthroughs" by Kandinsky, Mondrian and others and were unseen before 1986. The Guggenheim rediscovers her."
"Recognized as one of the art world's earliest abstract painters, Hilma af Klint was a steadfast believer that her work was inspired by the spiritual. The new Guggenheim exhibition, "Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future," showcases the work of this groundbreaking Swedish artist (1862-1944), whose work was rarely seen until the 1980s." (Newsday)
See our art critic's top pick of the year.
"Luckily, the number-one pick in Jerry Saltz's best art shows of 2018 is still running. Hilma af Klint's Paintings for the Future at the Guggenheim Museum examines the work of the unacknowledged Swedish visionary and makes a case for her being the first modernist abstract painter. Saltz is especially enamored with the first gallery, so make sure you spend some time there." (NYMagazine)
GD: Definitely worth a visit. af Klint was like the original Kandinsky and it's interesting to see both of their works in the same museum, even if not side-by-side.
'BETYE SAAR: KEEPIN' IT CLEAN' (through May 27).
"Saar has been making important and influential work for nearly 60 years. Yet no big New York museum has given her a full retrospective, or even a significant one-person show, since a 1975 solo at the Whitney Museum of American Art. As this exhibition demonstrates, the institutional oversight is baffling, as her primary themes — racial justice and feminism (her 1972 breakthrough piece, "The Liberation of Aunt Jemima," merges the two by transforming the racist stereotype of the smiling black mammy into an armed freedom fighter) — are exactly attuned to the present." (Cotter-NYT)
212-873-3400, nyhistory.org
'SCENES FROM THE COLLECTION' "After a surgical renovation to its grand pile on Fifth Avenue, the Jewish Museum has reopened its third-floor galleries with a rethought and refreshed display of its permanent collection, which intermingles modern and contemporary art, by Jews and gentiles alike — Mark Rothko, Lee Krasner, Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman, and the excellent young Nigerian draftswoman Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze — with 4,000 years of Judaica. The works are shown in a nimble, non-chronological suite of galleries, and some of its century-spanning juxtapositions are bracing; others feel reductive, even dilletantish. But always, the Jewish Museum conceives of art and religion as interlocking elements of a story of civilization, commendably open to new influences and new interpretations." (Farago) 212-423-3200, thejewishmuseum.org
NY AT ITS CORE (ongoing)
"Ten years in the making, New York at Its Core tells the compelling story of New York's rise from a striving Dutch village to today's "Capital of the World." The exhibition captures the human energy that drove New York to become a city like no other and a subject of fascination the world over. Entertaining, inspiring, important, and at times bemusing, New York City "big personalities," including Alexander Hamilton, Walt Whitman, Boss Tweed, Emma Goldman, JP Morgan, Fiorello La Guardia, Jane Jacobs, Jay-Z, and dozens more, parade through the exhibition. Visitors will also learn the stories of lesser-known New York personalities, like Lenape chieftain Penhawitz and Italian immigrant Susie Rocco. Even animals like the horse, the pig, the beaver, and the oyster, which played pivotal roles in the economy and daily life of New York, get their moment in the historical spotlight. Occupying the entire first floor in three interactive galleries (Port City, 1609-1898, World City, 1898-2012, and Future City Lab) New York at Its Core is shaped by four themes: money, density, diversity, and creativity. Together, they provide a lens for examining the character of the city, and underlie the modern global metropolis we know today. mcny.org" (NYCity Guide)
and you should be sure to check out these special exhibitions at that little museum on Fifth Ave., The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(open 7 days /week, AND always Pay What You Wish for NewYorkers)
"In Praise of Painting" (thru Oct.4, 2020)
"How great are the Met's holdings in the Dutch golden age? Very. This long-term installation rings the lower level of the Lehman Wing with scores of lesser-known gems from the mid-seventeenth century, many of them rarely on view before, amid masterworks by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, and Ruisdael. The period, vivified here, began in 1648, when the end of the Eighty Years' War with Spain brought a boom in wealth and morale, expressed by genre paintings that exalt the national ideal of gezelligheid—social warmth, comfort, belonging. A key figure was Gerard ter Borch, who had travelled widely and worked at the court of Philip IV, in company with Velázquez. Ter Borch's lustrous, ineffably witty domestic scenes inspired a generation of masters, notably Vermeer, whose genius rather eclipsed his elder's. The pictures often star ter Borch's younger sister Gesina, preening in satins or enigmatically musing. Herself a painter, she is cutely funny-looking—pointy nose, weak chin—and desperately lovable. There's much to be said for a world with such a family in it." (Peter Schjeldahl, NewYorker)
Museum Mile is a section of Fifth Avenue which contains one of the densest displays of culture in the world. Eight museums can be found along this section of Fifth Avenue:
• 105th Street – El Museo del Barrio (closed Sun-Mon)*
• 103rd Street – Museum of the City of New York (open 7 days /week)
• 92nd Street – The Jewish Museum (closed Wed) (Sat FREE) (Thu 5-8 PWYW)
• 91st Street – Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum (open 7 days /week)
• 89th Street – National Academy Museum (closed Mon-Tue)
• 88th Street – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (closed Thu) (Sat 6-8 PWYW)
• 86th Street – Neue Galerie New York (closed Tue-Wed) (Fri 6-8 FREE)
Last, but certainly not least, America's premier museum
• 82nd Street – The Metropolitan Museum of Art (open 7 days /week)*
*always Pay What You Wish (PWYW) for NewYorkers
Although technically not part of the Museum Mile, the Frick Collection (closed Mon) (Wed 2-6pm PWYW; First Friday each month (exc Jan+Sep) 6-9pm FREE) on the corner of 70th St. and Fifth Avenue and the The Morgan Library & Museum (closed Mon) (Fri 7-9 FREE) on Madison Ave and 37th St are also located near Fifth Ave.
Now plan your own museum crawl (info on hours & admission updated June 2, 2015).
For other selected Museum and Gallery Special Exhibitions see Recent Posts in right Sidebar dated 02/09 and 02/07.
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It enables .htaccess to work.
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000 and not 000-default.conf ?
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New Delhi: A major investigation by Cobrapost, spanning several months, shows many Indian media houses, some marquee names among them, ready to peddle Hindutva in order to polarize the electorate for electoral gains, malign political leaders, even from the party in power, rake muck on most celebrated and respected members of legal fraternity and civil society, show even judiciary in poor light and brand agitating farmers across the country as Maoists, all for money, as part of a malicious media campaign that a fictitious client proposed them to do on behalf of an equally fictitious organization.
In the initial phase, the first three months, promote Hindutva through customized religious programmes to create a congenial atmosphere.
Then, the campaign will be geared up to mobilize the electorate on communal lines by promoting speeches of Hindutva hardliners, the likes of Vinay Katiyar, Uma Bharti, Mohan Bhagwat and others.
As elections approach, the campaign will target opposition leaders, namely, Rahul Gandhi, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav, caricaturing them using less than dignified language like Pappu, Bua and Babua, respectively, for them, in order to show them in poor light before the electorate.
They will have to run this campaign on all platforms available with them – print, electronic, radio or digital including, e-news portals, web sites and social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
They agreed to promote Hindutva in the garb of spiritualism and religious discourse.
They agreed to publish content/advertorials with potential to polarize the electorate along communal lines.
They concurred to besmirch or thrash political rivals of the party in power by posting or publishing defamatory content about them.
Many of them were ready to accept cash, which in other words is black money, for the job to be assigned to them.
Some of the owners or important functionaries, who the reporter interacted with, admitted that they were either associated with the RSS or they were pro-Hindutva and would thus be happy to work on the campaign.
Some of them agreed to plant stories in favour of the party in power in their publications.
Many of them agreed to develop and carry advertorials especially for this purpose.
Almost all agreed to run this campaign on their platforms – print, electronic or digital in its various avatars such as e-news portal, e-paper or social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
Some of them offered to do a complete media management to plant stories favouring the party in power in other publications with help from journalists other than their own organizations.
Some of them even agreed to run down Union ministers Arun Jaitley, Manoj Sinha, Jayant Sinha, Maneka Gandhi and her son Varun Gandhi.
Some of them also agreed to defame the most noted and celebrated among the legal tribe and civil society like Prashant Bhushan, Dushyant Dave, Kamini Jaiswal and Indira Jai Singh.
Some of them even agreed to paint agitating farmers as Maoists in their stories.
Many of them agreed to create and promote such content as would aim for the "character assassination" of leaders like Rahul Gandhi.
First, the proposition itself is potentially violative of various sections of the Indian Penal Code, which hold publication of content of communal and defamatory nature a criminal act punishable by imprisonment. Then, all acts the media personnel agreed to undertake for money violate the Representation of the People Act 1951, the Conduct of Election Rules 1961 framed by the Election Commission of India, Companies Act 1956, the Income Tax Act 1961, and Consumer Protection Act 1986 and Cable Television Network Rules 1994 which together forbid deceptive or misleading advertisements, among other laws. These acts also violate the Norms and Journalistic Conduct of the Press Council of India, a quasi-judicial statutory body that was set up in 1978 by an Act of Parliament.
Although one may argue that such violations are hypothetical, yet given Indian media's penchant for twisting facts or serving pure rumours as news especially during civil strife to foment communal sentiments – the Kasganj episode is a clear case in point in recent times – pleasing political masters of the day and tweaking news in favour of corporate interests, how dangerous it is for Indian democracy is obvious.
Sharma adopted malleable identities which he used according to the situation at hand. He first used his association with an Ujjain-based ashram, claiming himself to have been schooled at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, to have been to IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore, settled in Australia and running his e-gaming company out of Scotland. Sometimes, he claimed to be head of Madhya Pradesh unit of Om Prakash Rajbhar's outfit Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, charged with party affairs in Karnataka, Maharashtra and the Northeast. In fact, Rajbhar has appointed Sharma in-charge of his party's state unit for a consideration of Rs. 50,000 which he accepted on camera while making very damaging confessions of how various BJP ministers of the Yogi government coordinate their not-so-honest activities from his office. We are not reproducing that report here as it would deflect this story. At times, Sharma used all his assumed identities in a single meeting. As the investigation evolved to take a pan-India character he assumed the identity of a representative of a fictitious religious organization Shrimad Bhagvad Gita Prachar Samiti, purportedly on a mission, a gupt vyavastha (secret arrangement), at the behest of the "Sangathan" to bolster the prospects of the party in power in coming elections. As samples of the media campaign that he wanted to launch using their platforms, Sharma sometimes played before them some evocative jingles, caricaturing Rahul Gandhi, to set the tone of his interviews. Shockingly, these jingles were conceptualized and developed by the creative teams of some FM radio stations.
Interestingly, a few days before the release of this story, Pushp Sharma called up some of the media houses to ask them some more favours which were as whacky as they were outrageous. Of course, as part of his media campaign, he asked them to publish or air stories not only against Union ministers Arun Jaitly, Manoj Sinha, Jayant Sinha, Maneka Gandhi and her son Varun Gandhi but also against BJP alliance partners, in order to run them down. He also asked them to plant such stories as would link agitating farmers across the country with Maoists. He then asked them to rake muck on legal luminaries who have always fought for civil liberties and rights, and thus have always been an eyesore for the establishment, such as the likes of Prashant Bhushan, Dushyant Dave, Kamini Jaiswal and Indira Jai Singh. Finally, he demanded to paint the judiciary in such colour as would make their judgments controversial or questionable in the eyes of the people.
In the first part of Operation 136, we reproduce the excerpts of interactions that Sharma had with India TV, Dainik Jagaran, Hindi Khabar, SAB TV, DNA (Daily News and Analysis), Amar Ujala, UNI, 9X Tashan, Samachar Plus, HNN 24 ´ 7, Punjab Kesari, Swatantra Bharat, ScoopWhoop, Rediff.com, IndiaWatch, Aj and Sadhna Prime News.
It will be informative and enlightening to reproduce some gems from interactions that the senior journalist had with these media houses.
On how his boss Rajat Sharma functions in such deals: As they have already promised a meeting with their owner, Rajat Sharma, Jitender again says: "Sir wo directly kabhi nahi kahenge wo kahenge hum aapke saath hain bas (Sir, he will not discuss anything directly.
It is this nationalism that Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) has brought into question while placing India at 136 on its 2017 World Press Freedom Index (https://rsf.org/en/ranking#). RSF is a Paris-based independent body which works with 18 journalists' organizations from as many countries and promotes and defends the freedom of press and information. The three-decade-old body enjoys a consultant status with the UNO.
Operation 136 derives its name from the RSF ranking only.
This is exactly what Operation 136 establishes beyond doubt: Indian media houses do have the propensity to "influence India's electoral process through undesirable means." Now the larger question is: Would the minister or, for that matter, his government move to act decisively to stem the rot that has become the hallmark of Indian media, of late, and help restore its credibility.
In the course of the investigation, names of certain individuals and organizations cropped up which was purely incidental and was essential to bring to the fore the truth and as a result the story in all its shady aspects.


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April 2, 2018 April 18, 2018 News
Rock The Earth: Earth Day Crag Cleanup and After Party: April 22nd, 2018
8:00AM – CLEANUP – Meet at any of the following crags: Minnehaha, Cliff Drive, Mirabeau, Dishman or Deep Creek. Bring gloves, work clothes, water, smiles and your climbing gear if you want to climb after!
5:00PM – AFTER PARTY – Doors Open at the Washington Cracker Co. Building (304 W. Pacific Ave, Spokane, WA)
6:000PM – Climbing Presentation by BCC President Scott Coldiron
7:00PM – Live Music Begins! Marshal Mclean hits the stage!
Tickets online: NEW LOWER PRICE, THANK YOU BIG SKY BREWING! $10 / Tickets at the door: $15
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rock-the-earth-after-party-tickets-44564348165
February 22, 2018 News
BCC and EWU Present No Man's Land Film Fest on March 2
No Man's Land Film Festival (NMLFF) is the premier all-female adventure film festival based out of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and on tour nationally. NMLFF celebrates the full scope of female athletes and adventurers, looking to redefine what it means to be female in the outdoor industry. A collaboration of men and women, No Man's Land strives to implement and inspire change in the outdoor industry, while cultivating a deep interest in exploring the vastness of our planet from a female point of view.
November 16, 2017 February 19, 2018 News
BCC Presents Reel Rock 12: Wednesday, Dec 6th
Bower Climbing Coalition presents Reel Rock 12:
Silent Auction / raffle / Local Beer
+ food provided by Perry Street Brewing & Crate Street Food
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017. Doors open at 6:00pm. Show starts at 7:00pm. At the Washington Cracker Co. Building (304 W. Pacific Ave / Spokane, WA) Tickets online: $20 / Tickets at the door: $25.
April 18, 2017 February 19, 2018 News
Route Update
BCC RouteUPDATE:
Replaced unsafe rusty bolts on Touch of Gray (5.11c) at Dishman this last weekend.
We want to give a special shout out to BCC board member Erik Lawson who spent 1.5 hours chopping and patching 5 rusted bolts that could not be removed. Then spent 6.5 additional hours removing and replacing 7 protection bolts from this route. The hard work has really payed off, the route looks beautiful and is safe again! Thank you.
Why we desperately need new climbing anchors….
Eric Lawson was replacing bolts on The Force (10a/huge sandbag). On the 3rd bolt, in the middle of a cruxy traverse with horrible feet, Eric applied 10 lbs of pressure with a 6 in wrench and the bolt sheared off! There is no way that bolt would have held body weight, let alone a lead fall.
Let's get on it Spokane! Time to replace those relics… if you want to help, message us here.
November 5, 2016 February 19, 2018 News
Bower Climbing Coalition Is Born
It was a year ago that we lost a beloved member of our climbing community, Andrew Bower, in a fall at Dishman Hills climbing area. He was working alone that day, replacing rusted anchor bolts with stainless steel hardware. Hundreds of Spokane's rock climbs are protected by badly corroded anchor bolts, many of them over 30 years old. Andrew recognized this danger and had singlehandedly replaced dozens in the months before his death. As a climbing community, it is time we carry on Andrew's legacy and finish this project
Andrew's life exemplified a passion for outdoor adventure and commitment to community service. In addition to working on an ambulance in Spokane as an Emergency Medical Technician, Andrew taught classes at Wild Walls climbing gym and guided disadvantaged youth on hundreds of wilderness adventures for Peak 7. He and his wife Emily could always be seen together at our local crags; both of them unfailingly cheerful and supportive of other climbers, no matter if you were a 5.13 crusher or a new climber struggling up a 5.9.
Eastern Washington has had no group dedicated to replacing unsafe hardware and clean-up of its many climbing areas. We are happy to announce the launch of the Bower Climbing Coalition, a non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining, expanding and preserving Inland Northwest climbing. We will celebrate the community and culture of climbing through local events and gatherings, and strive to bring climbers together of all ages and abilities.
Emily Bower, thank you for sharing Andrew with us. We will do our best to honor his memory!
Thanks Chris Adams, Jess Roskelley, Jeff Crawford, Arden Pete, Alan Shepherd, Adam Volwiler, Bailey Shepherd, Trevin Spencer, Todd Mires, Glenn Stewart, Joe Lind and Eric Lawson for your work and guidance in launching this project.
More will be posted soon about what we plan to do to carry on Andrew's legacy.
Above all, we seek to be inclusive of all voices in the climbing community… Sport Climbers, Boulderers, Trad Climbers, and Alpinists! We welcome your input as we proceed!


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Seminar held to honor novelist Chung Chao-cheng
To honor the 90thbirthday of prominentTaiwanese writer Chung Chao-cheng (鍾肇政), an international seminar was held at the Providence University (靜宜大學) in Taichung from May 30 to 31.
The event organized by the university, the National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL), and the Hakka Affairs Council (客委會) invited scholars from home and abroad to present 13 papers and deliver keynote speeches discussing Chung's extensive range of achievements in prose, the nativist literature movement, and social thought.
Born at Taoyuan's Longtan District in 1925, Chung is one of the most important modern writers in Taiwan. Determined and strong willed, the diligent author has written many popular works, including the novel "The Dull Ice Flower (魯冰花)," which dealt with education and other social issues in rural Taiwan during the 1950s and early 1960s, and the epic "The Taiwanese Trilogy (臺灣人三部曲)," which comprises over 800,000 words in three parts — "Sinking (沉淪)," "The Song of Heaven and Ocean (滄溟行)," and "The Mountain's Song (插天山之歌)."
"The International Seminar on Chung Chao-cheng's Literature" focused on 5 topics, including Chung's novels, Taiwan's nativist literature movement, the revival of Hakka culture, social thought and influences, and Chung's works of translation.
During the event, writer Lee Chiao (李喬) delivered a keynote speech on the topic of "What Mr. Chung Chao-cheng taught me"; poet Tu Kuo-chin (杜國清) and scholar Peng Ray-king (彭瑞金) discussed Chung's translations; and Japanese scholar Nakajima Toshiro (中島利郎) flew to Taiwan to participate in the seminar.
The NMTL director Weng Chin-tsung (翁誌聰) also commended Chung's deep friendship with the museum, noting that the museum has collected more than 300 of his transcripts and letters. Moreover, a wooden plaque featuring Chung's calligraphy, a gift for the opening of the museum, hangs at the right of the NMTL's main entrance.
National Museum of Taiwan Literature
Providence University
Conference Website (CN)


Did Jeff Van Gundy find his new Patrick Ewing in Anthony Davis?
Patrick Ewing entered the NBA as a college superstar from Georgetown that was the only player who could stop Michael Jordan in the paint. He averaged more than 20 points and around 10 rebounds in 13 out of the 15 seasons with the New York Knicks. His biggest success was reaching the NBA Playoff Finals two times and loosing to the Houston Rockets led by Hakeem Olajuwon and the San Antonio Spurs led by the admiral David Robinson.
Anthony Davis is a similar big player with incredible physical attributes that can spread the floor with his mid-range jump shot and is very good at protecting the floor. The only difference between Anthony Davis and Patrick Ewing is that the future hall of fame inductee averaged 20 points in his rookie season opposite to Anthony's 13.
The two players can have even more similar pats if Jeff Van Gundy decides to sign with the New Orleans Pelicans this summer. This would mean that the experienced Jeff Van Gundy will have its third chance to win the NBA playoffs with a quality big man after Patrick Ewing and Yao Ming in Houston.


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In conversation with... Odette Toilette
Who are you and what do you do?
I'm Lizzie Ostrom aka Odette Toilette, and I host events all about scent. Lots of themed workshops which involve lots of sniffing and learning, whether on the Ancient Greeks and perfume, or the scents of the 1930s. Some are private events and others are ticketed and open to anyone. I'm currently writing a book about the history of perfume in the 20th century, and co-host the podcast Life in Scents which is an interview show all about smell.
Where did you work beforehand?
I worked as a freelance PR and Marketing consultant - mainly for events - though never in the fragrance industry. Perfume was a hobby which became my job after I started hosting the nights for fun.
How do you relax/switch off?
A jog on the Woodland Walk in north London. It's a disused railway line, now an incredibly narrow park. It's so overgrown and secluded that you'd never realise there are houses ten feet either side. Otherwise lighting a scented candle is for me instant calm.
Favourite book?
My favourite writer these days is Elizabeth Taylor. Not the actress, but a novelist writing in the middle of the 20th century who was dismissed at the time as a 'women's writer' and who's been reappraised lately. Her books are utterly readable, like slipping into a deliciously warm bath and then getting a jolt just when you start to feel soothed…. In a Summer Season is particularly good.
Favourite film?
The Big Sleep (and film noir in general), Spinal Tap, Back to the Future.
Favourite blog/website?
For journalism then definitely Longform. For lifestyle, visual inspiration and travel then the blog Orlando and the Fountain, written by an interior designer whose life is like something from an Evelyn Waugh novel. His photos are lovely.
What's your guilty pleasure?
Working in bed. Only countenanced now and then. There's something so naughty about having a serious phonecall when they don't know you're in pyjamas.
What's the best advice you've ever been given?
Whoever first warned me about Parkinson's Law, that work expands to fill the time available.
I've been enjoying Susanne Sundfør's music. When working at my laptop I do love a Gregorian chant.
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Bad mummy. Very bad mummy.
I went to the vet first thing this morning,and Chanel was in worse shape than I'd thought, she was commited to the intensive care unit and force-fed liquids, medicine and other nutrients intravenoust (is that even a word? I just took a chance an translated directly from Norwegian). I was sent home, and now, 9 hours later, they told me she'd have to stay there overnight. They assured me I hadn't done anything wrong, but I feel so guilty, I should have realized how bad it was before, even though she seemed better. She's lost almost 20% of her body weight, the poor thing, she looks a bit like Nicole Richie, only with a better hairdo.
How could I have let it get this far? I did listen to the vets, but I should have known. Aren't mummys supposed to just know?
Good to see you still have your sense of humour through all this. "she looks a bit like Nicole Richie, only with a better hairdo."


Read tributes from pet skunk owners.
Gone but not forgotten, forever in our hearts.
This section is dedicated to skunks that have passed. Send your pictures to chunkyskunky@comcast.net, subject line, memorials. Please include their name and a few words to remember them by and we will post them in this section.
Owners retain all rights to their pictures. Do not copy any pictures without written permission from the owner!
In Loving Memory of Shaitan and Vittorio.
No bonds in life are broken For you are truly here Within the river's echo In every sound we hear In skies so blue with sunshine In rains that slowly cleanse Our spirits joined together With love that never ends Your journey was with courage For all the world to see You fought with such conviction With love sent endlessly You will be here always Where beauty always flows Like ripples in the sand of time Creating crystal's glow We love you and we miss you When we say your name Our life has been completed Your spirit shall remain.
And sometimes I feel it was so unfair that you were taken from my home.
An old rag doll with the stuffing gone and very little hair.
To take all the hugs and kiss that an animal loves to give so much.
The laughter that you gave me, the friendship and the joy.
Roaming in the forest green or pulling a dolly's hair.
I know that now, in the pockets of Angels you ride.
A Heart Of Gold Stopped Beating, Two Shimmering Eyes At Rest.
God Broke Our Hearts To Prove, He Only Takes The Best.
God Knows You Had To Leave Me, But You Did Not Go Alone.
For Part Of Us Went With You, The Day He Took You Home.
In tears we watched you sinking, and quickly fade away. Our hearts were almost broken, we wanted you to stay. But when we saw you sleeping, and peaceful free from pain. How could we wish you back again, to suffer that again.
This is my baby, Cinder. She came to me at the age of 4. She was unspayed, and had been through 3 homes prior to our getting her. She had a pretty rough life until we were blessed to have this little angel come in to ours. She took a while to trust us, but once she did things were just wonderful! She was very sweet, and very gentle. She had severe osteoarthritis, and we were certain that she must have been in some discomfort, but she didn't get mean, or aggressive towards either of us. We lost her this past March to an infection she contracted due to her losing the use of her hind legs, but she fought her illness every step of the way. She even fought the barbiturate she was given to end her life even as her lungs were filling with fluid from this dreadful infection. She was so strong, and made such an impact on our lives in the short 2 years she was with us. I never thought that I'd build a bond like that with another animal after I lost a very special cat years before, but she fit so easily into my heart it was impossible not to make a deep, and lasting connection. Cinder - our amazing little angel - was so very special, and she will be forever missed.
A part of our family & now gone. We have felt the loss greatly..
Samson, you were a strange little guy and I loved you for it. Your mannerisms which were so different made you so very special in my eyes. You may not have been adored by all of the stinkers in the house, but you always knew mommy would give you loving whenever you wanted it. You did not appreciate me approaching you for affection, but you sure did not mind coming up for it on your own. I will never forget the scared and sometimes nippy grump we brought home and how it warmed my heart to watch you open up and become the loving and quirky little guy that I grew to love so very much. Your antics could always make me smile, no matter what they were. I will never forget when you learned how to climb. Nothing could stop you and Neo as partners in crime. I will never forget your love of all things with an adhesive backing and of all things even remotely resembling foam. You will be missed in so many ways, ways I probably have not even been able to comprehend yet. Your sister, Mocha, was looking all over for you tonight and it was very hard to watch as she searched in all of your favorite napping spots. I know she annoyed you, but she really did love you and I can tell she misses you greatly. I miss your little "mini" stomps and believe it or not, I miss your little grunts and screams when another skunk looked at you wrong. It is awful quiet here without you, my dear Samson. Mommy and Daddy miss you so very much.


Seven lawyers at Clarion have been promoted as the Leeds law firm continues to invest in developing in-house talent within its 166-strong team.
Deborah Warren, Fiona Marr and Rachel Dean have all risen to the position of legal director; while Kayleigh Fantoni, Victoria Clark, Russell Stevens and Joanne Chase have become senior associates.
Roger Hutton, joint managing partner at Clarion, said: "While we are continuing to recruit the brightest talent, growing the team by 17 per cent last year, it is vital that we also provide a supportive environment where people enjoy working.
"A key part of this is enabling the team to develop their skills and grow their careers with us, and I'm very proud that so many of our lawyers are being recognised with these promotions.
Newly appointed legal director Deborah Warren joined Clarion in 2007, qualifying into the employment team before being promoted to senior associate in 2015.
She deals with all aspects of strategic people issues, including TUPE transfers, collective redundancy consultation, determining employment status issues and dealing with Employment Tribunal claims, including complaints of discrimination. Deborah was shortlisted for Rising Star at last year's Yorkshire Lawyer Awards.
Since her arrival seven year ago, Fiona Marr has become a key member of the commercial practice, rising to senior associate in 2014. She is highly skilled in the drafting and negotiation of contracts including supply contracts, purchase agreements, agency agreements and the preparation of more bespoke commercial contracts.
With 16 years of experience, 13 of them with Clarion, Rachel Dean was promoted to a senior associate in the corporate team in 2008. She has a strong track record of advising on all aspects of corporate work including corporate finance, in particular mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganisations and general corporate governance, with specific focus on owner managed businesses.
In addition, Kayleigh Fantoni, who joined Clarion's commercial dispute resolution and litigation practice last year and was listed as a "Next Generation Lawyer" in the latest Legal 500, has been promoted to senior associate; together with Victoria Clark, who joined Clarion in 2010, and rises to the position in the employment team.
Finally, after joining Clarion's corporate recovery and banking team as a legal assistant five years ago, Russell Stevens has also become a senior associate, alongside legal costs lawyer Joanne Chase following three years with the firm.


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<link rel="import" href="more_route_context_aware.html">

<polymer-element name="more-route" extends="more-route-context-aware" assetpath="">

</polymer-element>